adding notes about dealing with exceptions in the client

Change-Id: I661b10414e0281bc695236bb32f985b0ef5b7600

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@@ -75,3 +75,9 @@ Docstrings
   :returns: description of the return value
 
   """
+
+Exceptions
+----------
+
+When dealing with exceptions from underlying libraries, translate those
+exceptions to an instance or subclass of ClientException.